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A Pair of Blue Eyes

CHAPTER V
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And, papa, look here, one of yours is from--whom do you think ?--Lord Luxellian.

And it has something HARD in it--a lump of something.

I've been feeling it through the envelope, and can't think what it is.' 'What does Luxellian write for, I wonder ?' Mr.Swancourt had said simultaneously with her words.

He handed Stephen his letter, and took his own, putting on his countenance a higher class of look than was customary, as became a poor gentleman who was going to read a letter from a peer.
Stephen read his missive with a countenance quite the reverse of the vicar's.
'PERCY PLACE, Thursday Evening.
'DEAR SMITH,--Old H.is in a towering rage with you for being so long about the church sketches.

Swears you are more trouble than you are worth.


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